Sanna was a legendary Sirine who was so beautiful and had a voice so lovely that her song charmed the oceans and seas. She had a fondness for all sentient races and often had liaisons with seamen and occasionally other aquatic humanoids. In the old days, sailors would prey for her favor to bring good fortune, calm waters and a good breeze at their back. Any ships that preyed on the innocent earned her wrath.

One day an alliance of particularly vicious pirates cut a swath of death through her waters. She caused the sea to rise against them in retaliation, shattering their fleet and leaving few survivors. The people sang her praises and many followers of Protius (The old man of the sea) converted to her worship. This angered Protius, who devised a plan to remove her. He created a nine-piece trident that was designed to entrap all of an immortal's power within it when thrust into the victim.

He gifted the trident to those pirates who she defeated. They headed back out with a plan to confront their immortal enemy. Sanna took notice of then as they entered her waters and battered their ships with the waves. This time they were prepared for her and brought along a hostage, her latest lover. The captain challenged her to single combat for the man's life. Sanna agreed, assured that her immortal nature would protect her from any attack they could devise. As they fought, one of the on looking pirates stabbed her in the back with the Trident of Protius. The now filled trident shattered into its nine parts, each part teleporting to a random location within seconds. She fell to the floor grievously wounded and very mortal. She looked up with confused eyes as the captain plunged her cutlass into her.

Unbeknownst to all, another immortal was watching these events with keen interest - Hel. With her now mortal spirit released. Hel decided to invest into this little drama by intercepting Sanna's spirit and reincarnating it into a body of importance, knowing that the new mortal body would act as a siphon for the energies stolen by the trident if the nine parts were ever recovered and assembled in her presence. This would allow Sanna to take revenge on her enemy and also make the immortal indebted to her.

She was born into the first Darkonnian royal family and named Tara Turas. Despite her now mortal body she still showed signs of her past life. By the time she was nine years old, her extraordinary beauty was becoming apparent. Her hair was the stunningly bright red hair of her original body and she manifested the ability of second sight.

Tara demonstrated a fascination with the sea and ships. Secretly she dreamed of a life on the sea and idolized the freedom possessed by the pirates. Upon reaching her tenth birthday, she convinced her parents to shear her early so that she could prove herself worthy of being the heir to the throne. In reality she wanted to live the live she always dreamt of. By the age of twelve, she had a pristine sky ship named the Vermillion whose red sails matched their red hair that her moniker exemplified - Captain Redmane.

One day at sea, she sighted another corsair ship being attacked by an Alphatian Man-O-War carrying a pirate flag. By the time they reached their comrade vessel, the Man-O-War was well on its way. They boarded the ship only to find the crew devastated. Only a few survived, including their mortally wounded captain. Before passing out he told her that the woman captain - Helbreed - stole a piece of an artifact. It was one of nine pieces that made up a trident that would Character Notebook: Tara Turas grant the wielder power over the seas. He then handed her a backup copy of a map he made based on his research of the subject.

The map leads them to the Thanegioth Archipelago and the Isle of Dread where in the course of chasing down the pieces of the trident encountered Captain Helbreed and her crew. The components changes hands often until the final climatic battle between the crews on the deck of the Ravager over the nine pieces. During the battle on the rocking storm-battered deck the final pieces assembled themselves. In a mad dive for the trident the two captains grab it. Helbreed gets thrown back by the sudden release of energy as it transfers back to its original owner - Tara.

After the light clears, in place of Tara stands a gorgeous unclad read-headed sirine. Her head slowly looks up from the trident to regard the crew with her eyes then an almost malicious grin crosses her face as she announces in a taunting tone "I’m back."